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Archive of Tariq Ali

"First things first. Without Lenin there would have been no socialist revolution in 1917. Of this much we can be certain."

In The Dilemmas of LeninTariq Ali provides an insightful portrait of Lenin’s deepest preoccupations and underlines the clarity and vigour of his theoretical and political formulations. In this exclusive extract from the Introduction he explains that without Lenin there would not have been a socialist revolution in Russia in 1917.

The Dilemmas of Lenin is 50% off until May 28th as part of our Russian Revolution reading. See all the books on the reading lists here.